Leeanna11
contestada

Isabella's ballet class is preforming a spring recital for which they need butterfly costumes. Each butterfly costume is made from 3 3/5 yards of fabric. Use Distributive Property to find the number of yards of fabric needed for 5 costumes. (Hint: A mixed number can be written as the sum of an integer and a fraction.)

Respuesta :

barnuts

We are given that:

fabric required = 3 3/5 yards

costumes = 5

 

We can write fabric required as a fraction in the form of:

(3 * 5) + 3 = 18

fabric required = 18 / 5 yards

 

So total fabric required is = (18 / 5 yards) * 5 = 18 yards

 

Answer:

18 yards